AI plagiarism is spreading in US colleges. It’s left professors feeling confused and exhausted.
A professor says AI cheating is like a “virus” in US colleges. When Darren Hick, a philosophy professor, first came across an AI-generated essay in late 2022, he knew it was just the start of something bigger. Almost two years later, Hick says the use of AI among students has become a “virus.” “All plagiarism…
A dockworker strike is set to begin Tuesday. It could disrupt everything from medicine to holiday gifts.
A longshoremen’s strike on shipping docks along the East and Gulf Coasts is set to begin Tuesday, which could cause import and export delays across industries and prompt price hikes. A major maritime workers strike is set to begin on Tuesday, and it means a likely slowdown of imports and exports of key goods —…
DirecTV and Dish Network are combining to form a pay-TV titan
DirecTV announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire rival Dish Network from EchoStar, in a deal that would create one of the largest pay-TV providers in the US. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. If it goes through, the resulting provider would have an estimated 20 million subscribers. The deal will see DirecTV…
China’s stimulus package might not be enough to fix its economy, but it sent stock markets 8.5% higher — a gain not seen since 2008
On Monday, mainland China’s benchmark CSI 300 posted its biggest gain since 2008. Skeptics have been out in force since China rolled out aggressive stimulus measures last week to prop up its ailing economy and markets. It’s just not enough to reverse the magnitude of China’s problems — including an epic property crisis and high…
Hamas says its leader in Lebanon was killed in an Israeli airstrike
Smoke rises after an Israeli attack in Khiam town of Nabatieh, Lebanon, on September 28, 2024. Hamas said its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, and several of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. The militant group made the statement on Monday on its Telegram channel, per NBC…
MrBeast needs to overhaul his company culture to bounce back, experts say
YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has been embroiled in controversies in recent weeks. MrBeast is doing damage control. YouTube’s biggest creator — whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson — has been embroiled in a series of controversies in recent weeks. More than a dozen people who participated in his upcoming show, “Beast…
PETA took aim at a posh British paint company over color names like ‘au lait’ because they ‘normalize exploiting cows’
Three tins of Farrow & Ball paint. Animal rights nonprofit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has urged a British paint company to rename some of its colors to be more “vegan-friendly.” The provocative organization sent an open letter to Farrow & Ball objecting to paint names like “Dead Salmon” and “Smoked…
Tourists are recreating the ‘Temple Run’ video game in a Cambodian temple. Historians are horrified.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor Wat is reportedly dealing with disrespectful tourists emulating a popular video game. A series of TikTok videos showing tourists reenacting a video game run through a 900-year-old Cambodian temple complex has some conservationists and historians up in arms. Bloomberg first reported on the fresh wave of videos at Cambodia’s…
A man was left stranded on a mountain by his colleagues in a work retreat gone wrong
Chaffee County Search and Rescue South led a team of searchers for a lost worker. A Colorado man was rescued after getting stranded overnight on a 14,230-foot mountain during a work retreat, local authorities said. The man, who was not named, was left to summit Colorado’s Mount Shavano by himself last week after around 14…
